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104

Model Seated

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.348
State: 1/2

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:249 x 177 mm  
Plate mark size:204 x 140 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
Note on the paper:even distribution, much debris, kozo, vertical chain lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Light overall plate tone, slightly darker on the lower half of the plate.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'S.H. Erased March 15th, 1924.' (on margin, according to FGA folder sheet; 'W 103' written by C.L. Freer, erased, on recto and verso; blue dot at the lower left on the verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1180102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.